Out of Hours Access

We are staffed between 9:00am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday.

Outside these hours access to 24 hour section of the Library is available to eligible Library members. You need to use Trust ID badge to access , please contact us for more details.

Facilities available out of hours

  • eLearning Zone
  • Health & Wellbeing Zone
  • Reference Books
  • Print Journal collection
  • Computers
  • Study Desks/spaces
  • Printer/Photocopier/Scanner
Library News & What’s new

Upcoming Library Training Sessions 

Staff  Publications  

Do you want to:

  • Make your research visible and share your work including unpublished research with others?
  • Increase the visibility and discoverability of your publications (including conference posters, presentations and case studies)?
  • Share knowledge with other NHS colleagues?
  • Create a permanent record of your achievements?
  • Showcase the work of our Trust?

 Submitting your work is simple. Complete the submission form

If you need more information about the repository contact: chelwest.library.infoservice@nhs.net

Library Relocation and Book Sale Announcement

Later this year, the West Middlesex Hospital Library will be relocating to a smaller space within the Diagnostic, Treatment and Education Centre (DTEC). As a result of this move, the library will be selling a large portion of its book stock.

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Health & Wellbeing Collection

Our wellbeing collection has a range of self-help and mood-boosting-books for library members to borrow. Books includes:

  • Mindfulness
  • Stress and Anxiety Management
  • Emotional Resilience
  • Meditation
  • Yoga, Pilates & Tai Chi
  • Healthy Eating

Access full list of  Health & Wellbeing Book Collection

We also have a range of resources to help staff to relax and stay healthy, including on-going jigsaw puzzles, colouring books and colouring pencils to help staff to relax and de-stress, so feel free to pop in and do a bit of jigsaw and colouring.

Board Games

We have a collection of educational board games which can be used in training sessions and to gain CPD credits. Below board games recently added to our existing collection.

Menopause Game

Team resilience game

Dysphagia game

Hydration game

Mental health at work  Map game

Mental health awareness

LGBT+ in the workplace game

Safeguarding game

If you’re interested in borrowing these board games for your CPD or training or if you have any questions please email chelwest.library.infoservice@nhs.net

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DynaMedAccess DynaMed, clinical decision support tool on the Trust intranet without password, access remotely with NHS OpenAthens, download the app to access on mobile devices anywhere. See the quick guide for details

 

Access BMJ Best Practice, clinical decision support tool on the Trust intranet without password, access remotely with NHS OpenAthens, download the app to access on mobile devices anywhere. See the  user guide for details.


Staff Publications lists:

COVID- 19 Staff Publications

WMUH: Jan-Jun 2026

CWMH (can download only on the Trust computers)

Institutional Repository of Staff Publications

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